Jeremiah 3

"RETURN TO ME"

 The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. 

 ⁷ And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 

 ⁸ Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also. 

 ⁹ So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. 

¹⁰ And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.

¹¹ Then the Lord said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. ¹² Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say:

 

‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
For I am merciful,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not remain angry forever.

¹³ Only acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God,
And have scattered your charms
To alien deities under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.

 

¹⁴ “Return, O backsliding children,” says the Lord; “for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. 

 

 ¹⁵ And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. (Hallelujah!)

¹⁶ “Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says the Lord, “that they will say no more, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it, nor shall it be made anymore.

¹⁷ “At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts.

¹⁸ “In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.

¹⁹ “But I said:

‘How can I put you among the children
And give you a pleasant land,
A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’

“And I said:

‘You shall call Me, “My Father,”
And not turn away from Me.’

²⁰ Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband,
So have you dealt treacherously with Me,
O house of Israel,” says the Lord.

 

²¹ A voice was heard on the desolate heights,
Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel.
For they have perverted their way;
They have forgotten the Lord their God.

 

²² “Return, you backsliding children,And I will heal your backslidings.”

"FIGHT FOR US!"

“Fight for us, O God, that we not drift numb and blind and foolish into vain and empty excitements. Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst. Heaven is too great, hell is too horrible, eternity is too long that we should putter around on the porch of eternity.”
― John Piper

"YOUR AFFECTIONS"

 

“If the heart be chiefly and directly fixed on God, and the soul engaged to glorify him, some degree of religious affection will be the effect and attendant of it. But to seek after affection directly and chiefly; to have the heart principally set upon that; is to place it in the room of God and his glory. If it be sought, that others may take notice of it, and admire us for our spirituality and forwardness in religion, it is then damnable pride; if for the sake of feeling the pleasure of being affected, it is then idolatry and self-gratification.”
― Jonathan Edwards, The Life and Diary of David Brainerd

"TRANSFORMED"

“My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God’s word defines truth. My feelings are echoes and responses to what my mind perceives. And sometimes - many times - my feelings are out of sync with the truth. When that happens - and it happens every day in some measure - I try not to bend the truth to justify my imperfect feelings, but rather, I plead with God: Purify my perceptions of your truth and transform my feelings so that they are in sync with the truth.”
― John Piper, Finally Alive: What Happens When We Are Born Again?    

Isaiah 43

 

"THROUGH!"

 

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.

 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.

When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.

 

BeyondTheVeilDaily;  Hallelujah!!!   "Through!"  What a word!  Dear brothers and sisters,  God Himself would have you hear His Voice. Whatever your trial, test or weakness, "you will get through this!"  Holy Father; speak this word of comfort to those who have grown weary in well doing, to those who have lost the joy of their salvation. Save them from deep troubling waters, rushing rivers, and scorching flames...Amen. 

"GOD THOUGHTS"

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.

 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

 

 “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,

But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,

That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,

 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,

But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

 

 “For you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;

The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

 

BeyondTheVeilDaily; "you shall!"  "before you!"  What a God!   Rejoice this morning saints, their is a procession of victory songs leading you...amen!

 "THE GOOD SHEPARD"


Too many times I’ve been facing an important decision and there were a lot of voices pulling on me. Sometimes they have drowned out the only voice I can trust to give me the direction I never regret. The Bible says, “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10 ). If I want to discover the life that matters He made me for, I’ve got to make time to be alone with God to hear His voice, which is often a still, small voice unlike all those others.
Jesus described Himself as our Good Shepherd. He said, “The sheep listen to his voice and his sheep follow him” (John 10:3-4 ). Do what Jesus did. Take time to be alone until you’ve heard God’s voice in your heart and trust what you feel most consistently when you’re just with Him no matter what the other voices are saying.

"BeyondTheVeilDaily; He desires to speak to you. Are you listening?

John 10

 

Jesus the True Shepherd

 

 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵ Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. ⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. ¹² But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. ¹³ The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. ¹⁵ As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

"THE MIND"

“True Christian fortitude consists in strength of mind, through grace, exerted in two things; in ruling and suppressing the evil and unruly passions and affections of the mind; and in steadfastly and freely exerting and following good affections and dispositions, without being hindered by sinful fear or the opposition of enemies... Though Christian fortitude appears in withstanding and counteracting the enemies that are without us; yet it much more appears in resisting and suppressing the enemies that are within us; because they are our worst and strongest enemies and have greatest advantage against us. The strength of the good soldier of Jesus Christ appears in nothing more than in steadfastly maintaining the holy calm, meekness, sweetness, and benevolence of his mind, amidst all the storms, injuries, strange behaviour, and surprising acts and events of this evil and unreasonable world.”
― Jonathan Edwards, The Religious Affections

"THE SUPREMACY OF GOD"

The supremacy of God in all things is the great
reward we long for in fasting. His supremacy in our own affections and in all our life-choices. His supremacy in the purity of the church. His supremacy in the salvation of the lost. His supremacy in the establishing of righteousness and justice. And his supremacy for the joy of all peoples in the evangelization of the world.”
― John Piper, A Hunger for God: Desiring God through Fasting and Prayer

Ephesians 2

"NO LONGER STRANGERS"

¹⁹ Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

 ²⁰ having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,

 ²¹ in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

 ²² in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<sup>"TIME & ETERNITY"


Romans 8  

"TIME"

20</sup> For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 

 ²¹ because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 

 ²² For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 

 ²³ Not only that, but we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

Revelation 21:5

"ETERNITY"

⁵ Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”

"BeyondTheVeilDaily;" True wisdom involves a recognition of the shortness of our days upon earth. The fact that life, no matter how successful and full of  pleasure or how painful and difficult to endure passes, and that eternity never passes, must temper all our choices. Without that reminder we would live for time, with which we are all too absorbed, rather than for eternity, to which we scarcely give a thought. 

 

Isaiah 26

"YOU WILL"

 

² Open the gates
    that the righteous nation may enter,
    the nation that keeps faith.

³ You will keep in perfect peace
    those whose minds are steadfast,
    because they trust in you.

 

BeyondTheVeilDaily; Has peace found no rest in your minds this morning? Then hear the words of the prophet, "You will".  It is God's Will for you to have peace, " perfect peace."

 

BeyondTheVeildaily; Open the gates! Yes, those gates that have formed in your hearts between you and your Savior. Let your mind be steadfast, trusting in Him, and you will rise in victory, shouting;   "YOU WILL!!!"

 

Psalm 139

"THE WEAVER"

 

⁷ Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?

⁸ If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰ Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me;

¹² Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

 

¹³ For You formed (weaved) my inward parts;You covered me in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴ I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.

¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

¹⁶ Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

 

¹⁷ How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!

¹⁸ If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

 

¹⁹ Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!
Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.

²⁰ For they speak against You wickedly;
Your enemies take Your name in vain.

²¹ Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

²² I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.

 

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;

²⁴ And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

 

BeyondTheVeilDaily; The psalmist here begins his prayer with a question. ^"Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?"  His conclusion;  of all the possibilities that attempt to separate him from his Lord, all fail in the discovery of the "intimacy of God." Once finding this liberating truth, his prayer is dramatically changed, to one of romance, with his King. Hallelujah!!!!

 

¹³ For You formed my inward parts;You covered me in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴ I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.

¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

¹⁶ Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

 

May you make this your prayer this morning;

 

 

 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

 

 

 

1 Thessalonians 2

"GOD IS OUR WITNESS"

 

For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain. ² But even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict. 

 

 ³ For our exhortation did not come from error or uncleanness, nor was it in deceit.

⁴ But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.

  ⁵ For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness—God is witness. 

 ⁶ Nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 1

^{"THE INTERCESSOR'S REWARD"}

² We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, ³ remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, ⁴ knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. 

 ⁵ For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.


⁶ And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, ⁷ so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe. 


⁸ For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything. 

 ⁹ For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, ¹⁰ and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come

BeyondTheVeilDaily; The intercessor's reward is revealed in verse 9, "how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God."  Your labor in prayer will bring forth victory in the lives you are presenting before the Throne of God!

1 Thessalonians 5

"PEACE AND SAFETY"

 

 

 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.

 

  ² For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 

 

³ For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 

 

 ⁴ But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 

 

 ⁵ You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 

 

⁶ Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. 

 

 ⁷ For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 

 

 ⁸ But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 

 

 ⁹ For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 

 

¹⁰ who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.

 

BeyondTheVeilDaily; We are sons of the day, sons of light, therefore examine your breastplate which protects your heart, and your helmet. The protector of your mind. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night,  then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. "You are not children of the night!"

1 Thessalonians 5

"THE WILL OF GOD?"

 ¹⁶ Rejoice always, 

¹⁷ pray without ceasing, 

 ¹⁸ in everything give thanks;

    for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Rejoice n my trials, my sickness even death...yes!!!

How?  Pray without ceasing, and joy will come. The Holy Spirit will gift it to you.

Results,  "You will be filled with a heart of thanksgiving!!!!

BeyondTheVeilDaily: Challenges you to rejoice always again, pray until break through comes and it will. Offer thanks for the victory to be delivered, and you will be living this New Year in "THE WILL OF GOD!"

"COVENANT GOD AND UNCONVERTED MEN"

 

 

“He is wretched indeed, who goes up and down in the world, without a God to take care of him, to be his guide and protector, and to bless him in his affairs [. . .] That unconverted men are without God shows that they are liable to all manner of evil [. . .] liable to the power of the devil, to the power of all manner of temptation [. . .] to be deceived and seduced into erroneous opinions [. . .] to embrace damnable doctrines [. . .] to be given up of God to judicial hardness of heart [. . .] to commit all manner of sin, and even the unpardonable sin itself. They cannot be sure they shall not commit that sin. They are liable to build up a false hope of heaven, and so to go hoping to hell [. . .] to die senseless and stupid, as many have died [. . .] to die in such a case as Saul and Judas did, fearless of hell. They have no security from it. They are liable to all manner of mischief, since they are without God. They cannot tell what shall befall them, nor when they are secure from anything. They are not safe one moment. Ten thousand fatal mischiefs may befall them, that may make them miserable forever. They, who have God for their God, are safe from all such evils. It is not possible that they should befall them. God is their covenant God, and they have his faithful promise to be their refuge.”

"YOU SHALL NOT DIE!"

PSALMS 118


The voice of rejoicing and salvation
Is in the tents of the righteous;

The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

I shall not die, but live,
And declare the works of the Lord.

PARAPHASE PSALMS 118

I was right on the cliff-edge, ready to fall,
    when God grabbed and held me.
God’s my strength, he’s also my song,
    and now he’s my salvation.
Hear the shouts, hear the triumph songs
    in the camp of the saved?
        “The hand of God has turned the tide!
        The hand of God is raised in victory!
        The hand of God has turned the tide!”

^17-20 I didn’t die. I lived!
    And now I’m telling the world what God did.
God tested me, he pushed me hard,
    but he didn’t hand me over to Death.
Swing wide the city gates—the righteous gates!
    I’ll walk right through and thank God!
This Temple Gate belongs to God,
    so the victors can enter and praise.

"CREATE IN ME"

Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
 
Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

 

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

 

Dear precious believer; For some this morning of 2014, this psalm should be your desperate cry before His presence. You should been found in your father's house, but you turned to the sounds parties and festivals of the flesh. You are a son, but you have lost, the joy is gone from you, His presence seems removed.

 

BeyondTheVeilDaily; pleads with you to make this the year your Father sees you comes to your senses, and return home into His everlasting arms. "Lord create clean hearts, restore joy!" In Jesus precious and holy name...Amen.  

 

 

^{"GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU"}

GENESIS 41:9-42

 
⁹ Then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying: “I remember my faults this day. ¹⁰ When Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker, ¹¹ we each had a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. 

 ¹² Now there was a young Hebrew man with us there, a servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his own dream. ¹³ And it came to pass, just as he interpreted for us, so it happened. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”


¹⁴ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh. ¹⁵ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.”

¹⁶ So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”

¹⁷ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “Behold, in my dream I stood on the bank of the river. 

¹⁸ Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow. ¹⁹ Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt. ²⁰ And the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat cows. ²¹ When they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were just as ugly as at the beginning. So I awoke. ²² Also I saw in my dream, and suddenly seven heads came up on one stalk, full and good. ²³ Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them. ²⁴ And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads. So I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

²⁵ Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do: ²⁶ The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dreams are one. ²⁷ And the seven thin and ugly cows which came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty heads blighted by the east wind are seven years of famine. 


²⁸ This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do. ²⁹ Indeed seven years of great plenty will come throughout all the land of Egypt; ³⁰ but after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will deplete the land. ³¹ So the plenty will not be known in the land because of the famine following, for it will be very severe. ³² And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

³³ “Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. ³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years. ³⁵ And let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. ³⁶ Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during the famine.”

Joseph’s Rise to Power

³⁷ So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants. ³⁸ And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”
³⁹ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. ⁴⁰ You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” ⁴¹ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
⁴² Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

Dear precious believer; God has not forgotten you, as he has done for Joseph, he will do for you. God is always on time with His promises. Although you are in the dungeon of your faith, or physically in prison. God has appointed the hour of your deliverance. He has the people in place, that will remember your gifts that God Himself had bestowed upon you.

Joseph's  is revealed in the very words of Pharaoh; “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”  “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. May your testimony be the same this New Year, no matter what the days ahead may hold, no matter what the test or trial. Let those in high places say of you; "a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”  Then God will set upon your hand His signet ring, and clothed you with the righteous garments of His Son, and place a chain around your neck signifying; "this one has come forth like gold, yet tested by fire!"          

         “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”